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They named her Monica'. Why the name was chosen I have never learnt; but I do not conceive that there was any reason for the choice other than the taste of her parents in the matter of sounds. It is a pleasing enough name, euphoniously considered, and beyond that — as is so commonly the case — no considerations were taken into account. To her, however, at once imaginative and of a feeble and dependent spirit, the name was fateful. St. ' Monica was made the special object of her devotions in her childhood, and reigned so later when she became a wife.

Proper noun

And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel'. Leah was tender eyed; but '''Rachel''' was beautiful and well favoured. And Jacob loved '''Rachel'''; and said, I will serve thee seven years for ' Rachel thy younger daughter.

Rachel is another modest, nun-like name, of the same order as Judith, and has the appropriate signification of a lamb.

She keeps saying, You are mistaken Rachel'. She says my name in that heavy earnest way. The Jewish '''Ra-chel'''. I like my name like that. I have always been pleased when people said ' Ra-chel . But when she says it, it is as if she was taking me over. Through my name.

I recognize that a name like Rachel goes against my whole "ordering a different dish from everyone else at the table" rule, but sometimes you really want a steak, and that's exactly what you should get. I love the name we gave our daughter. It's not dorky, not too whimsical, and not too stuck-up. To us it sounded sweet, sporty, smart, and beautiful. It also works well with Sachs.